Historical Examples. 1  Some other men and a woman were scanning the hoisting machinery with superior looks. 2  But Viviette regarded him with a smile--the smile of woman's superior wisdom. 3  The granite of the mountains is superior to the celebrated Quincy. 4  Our superior rank places us in the front row of the procession.
Share. Lyme disease is a clinical diagnosisâbased on your medical history, symptoms and exposure to ticks. Because the typical diagnostic tests for Lyme are so insensitive, a negative test result does not mean you donât have Lyme. There are many reasons why someone who actually has Lyme may have a negative test result.
Instead, it is the combination of multiple, specific lines that identifies the infection as being due to Borrelia burgdorferi. Positive Western blot. Immunoblot tests for Lyme disease testing can detect two different classes of antibodies: IgM and IgG. A positive IgM immunoblot is only meaningful during the first 4 weeks of illness. 2  If youâve been ill for longer than 4-6 weeks and the IgG immunoblot test is negative, it is unlikely that you have Lyme disease, even if the IgM immunoblot is positive.